The Blade

A sweet education in baklava

Some people drive all the way to Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor to attend cooking class. Others stick nearer home and sign up for a seasonal class wit…

Scientists, others hear farmers’ perspective at algae conference

After having a federal scientist take them on a visual tour of algae outbreaks around the world, some 300 people attending a major Toledo-based…

Marco's Pizza turns 40

In popular culture, the specter of midlife crisis often looms large at 40. But not for Marco’s Pizza. The chain, which turns 40 this year, is on…

?History will not judge this kindly”: Pursuing justice for the first victim of the CIA’s torture program

Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi Arabian native and the first victim of the CIA’s torture program, has never been charged with a crime. But he has been det…

Symphony Under the Stars returns

Mercy Health, assisted by The Andersons and Taylor Automotive Group, once again presents Music Under the Stars at the Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre. T…

Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 4/17

Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a co…

Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 3/28

It's time to call the dogs off of Woody Allen

‘’Eighty percent of success is just showing up,’’ says Woody Allen. He should know. He’s been showing up for well over half a century now, makin…

United North faces uncertain future

United North, a community development corporation that for years thrived while its peers faced trouble or folded, has an uncertain future as it…

Religious Offerings: 11/18

170 years of ministry Warren AME Church will celebrate its 170th anniversary on Sunday. The church is said to be the oldest African-American chu…

Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 8/10

Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a co…

Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 7/18

Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a co…

A blue wall of grief

Officer Miosotis Familia was murdered, assassinated point-blank and in cold blood, without provocation, on a corner in the Bronx where she was m…

Scholarly approach: Bacik to address spirituality in global community

To many people, Pope Francis is a symbol of religion’s growing involvement with climate change and other environmental issues. But to theologian…

Toledo-area pas­tor has plenty to celebrate

This weekend’s a big one for the Rev. Cedric Brock of Mount Nebo Baptist Church, 831 N. Detroit Ave. First, he receives his doctorate of counsel…

Historian tells story of nurse who died at start of WWI

ATTICA, Ohio — Historian Marjorie Waterfield points at a photo of Clara Edith Work Ayres’ grave. The picture is small and grainy, but the site’s…

Board wants more flexibility in Ohio graduation requirements

COLUMBUS — The State Board of Education wants to give current high school juniors more flexibility in how they can earn a diploma amid educators…

Fiat ‘will adapt’ to new U.S. policies, CEO says

DETROIT — The chief executive officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles seemed somewhere between miffed and amused Monday as reporters fired question…